David Cronenberg puts the human psyche under the microscope here, with the central characters seemingly hypnotised by their own dark compulsions. James and Catherine have an open relationship, proudly regaling each other with the ice-cold details of their latest extra-marital exploits, but a head-on crash involving Holly Hunter provides the catalyst for James's erotic obsession with auto accidents and, after hooking up with Vaughan, who re-stages celebrity car crashes, and his lover, who wears l
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SHOWGIRLS (1996)

Certification18 Our Rating

A phenomenal flop, until some bright spark declared it to be a camp classic, a la Rocky Horror. Naomi Malone wants to be a star, so much so that she's prepared to bide her time writhing naked in the sweaty faces of fat, leering businessmen. All in the name of art, of course. A truly risible film.
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THE NIGHT PORTER (1973)

Certification18 Our Rating

An ex-SS officer, now a hotel porter, meets by chance a young woman who was previously his prisoner in a concentration camp. Unwillingly drawn together again they resume their sado-masochistic relationship. A compelling, though morally ambiguous, study in dominance and submission.
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